For the vast majority of investors looking to select individual stocks that will outperform the market, they tend to fall short. While I am not against buying individual stock counters (I do so myself), the reality is that most stock selections by retail investors fail to live up to their expectations.

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In this article, I am not looking to discover the next 100-bagger but to highlight 8 Outperforming Stocks that you can consider strategically adding into your portfolio. To qualify, these stocks need to demonstrate both long-term outperformance track record as well as exhibit short-term price momentum acceleration.

That is why among the 500 S&P counters, only 8 meets these stringent criteria. These stocks are screen on outperforming the S&P500 market by a certain percentage point over 5 days, 10 days, 1 month, 3 months, YTD, 6-months, 1 year,